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Seniors will outnumber children by 2030, US Census projects

The surge in retirement-age Americans is fueled by an aging baby boom generation, which is living longer than ever. For the first time in US history fewer than ...

China's parliament re-elects Xi Jinping as president

The legislature is packed with delegates loyal to the ruling Communist Party meaning Xi's re-election was never in doubt. Later today the NPC is expected to ele...

Costco Wholesale (COST) Receives Media Impact Score of 0.12

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ISI still providing covert support to Taliban, says United States media report

There is an opportunity - now - to end the conflict. The 15-nation Council underlined the importance of an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process...

UK, US, Germany and France condemn Russian Federation for spy attack

The US treasury department said the use of a military-grade nerve agent in the Salisbury incident "further demonstrates the reckless and irresponsible conduct...

UK Defense Secretary: Soldiers Will be Vaccinated Against Anthrax

That was the Defence Secretary's reaction to the question about possible countermeasures by Moscow in response to the British sanctions over the poisoning of ...

Oregon Soars Past Seattle, Into NCAA Tournament Second Round

This is just the second NCAA tournament berth for the Ducks since 2005. The last was Iowa's Samantha Logic in 2015. Her triple-double chase featured a couple li...

UMBC Upsets Virginia: Where is Maryland-Baltimore County?

Prior to Friday night, No. 1 seeds were a combined 132-0 against No. 16 seeds, but not anymore. The Cavaliers did not have an assist in a first half, which fo...

Enbridge Inc., (NYSE: ENB), Crown Castle International Corp. (REIT), (NYSE: CCI)

The stock increased 0.55% or $0.24 during the last trading session, reaching $44.27. 5,239,619 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its ave...

Facebook bans Trump campaign data firm Cambridge Analytica for violating user privacy

According to Facebook's deputy general counsel Paul Grewal , Kogan then gave the data he acquired via his app to Cambridge Analytica and another third-party co...

India, the nation with highest GST!

Apart from this, 3% of gold, precious gems have a tax provision of 0.25 %, while stamp duty on real estate, electricity duty, alcohol and petroleum products are...

Turtle euthanized amid reports it ate a puppy

In a statement released Friday, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture said snapping turtles are an invasive species in Idaho requiring a permit. "If anyon...

Baby Jesus stolen from church returned after almost 100 years

According to ABC7, church staff said the package was addressed to the church but did not have a return address. A baby Jesus statue stolen almost 90 years a...

Trump Signs US-Taiwan Travel Bill That China Has Opposed

The bill, introduced by Steve Chabot, a Republican representative of OH, had recently won approval from the House and Senate. It was passed by the Senate a litt...

Over 100 civilians killed in Syria today

The majority of the deaths occurred in eastern suburbs of Damascus , known as eastern Ghouta, where government forces have been on a crushing offensive for thr...

Yemen conditions 'devastating' for civilians: United Nations council

An agreement to deposit $2bn in the Yemeni central bank was signed in Riyadh on Thursday by Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan and the bank's governor, M...

Advocate Rizwan Siddiqui arrested in 'spying' case

In the week gone by Nawaz's wife had come forward to clear the air. His wife, surprise to most, had defended her husband and wrote a long statement on Twitter w...

Times set for weekend NCAA tournament games

The Pirates are averaging 7.3 three-pointers per game on 36.4% shooting from beyond the arc. The Pirates are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS wi...

Wesco Aircraft Hldgs INC (WAIR) Holder Makaira Partners LLC Raised Its Holding

It closed at $9.55 lastly. (NYSE: WAIR ) has declined 35.60% since March 15, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 17.65% the S&P500. Msd Capital...

NASA considers building nuclear spacecraft to blow up asteroid

NASA calculated how much time - and what nuclear payload - would be required to move the 1,600-foot asteroid Bennu. It is circling the sun at 63,000 mph and ...

Japan and S.Korea discuss N.Korea

Trump has repeatedly said the free-trade deal with South Korea is "unfair" and has threatened to scrap it altogether on multiple occasions. North Korea's fo...

Replace word 'Sindh' with 'Uttar Purv' in National Anthem, demands Congress MP

He demanded the word "Sindh" in the national anthem to be removed and replaced with an appropriate word as there was no state by that name in India. Lakhu Luh...

Michigan State beats Bucknell 82-78 in NCAA tournament opener

Bucknell forced 12.6 turnovers per contest this season, but it will likely try to ratchet up from pressure on Michigan State , which has too many weapons for ...

Ukraine's Internal Ministry to impede Russians voting on March 18

According to Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine No. 610 / 23-110-236 of February 21, 2018, Ukraine declared a strong protest to the Russian Mini...

Arrested in Multi-State child Exploitation Operation

In Georgia, the 34 arrestees ranged in age from 17 to 63 and were charged with crimes under the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 20...

Missouri Vs. Florida State Live Stream

Freshman forward Michael Porter Jr ., who has only played in two games after recovering from back surgery, could start in his place. With that said, the Semin...

Passengers hit as private buses stay off roads

The state transport department had held a meeting with the association representatives on Tuesday. The AOPBWA is also protesting the state government's decisi...

S. Korea's top diplomat begins United States trip ahead of NK summits

Here's why the agreement to meet face to face with North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un may be disastrous for the U.S. President Trump thinks he has Kim neg...

Bitcoin Miners No Longer Turning a Profit Creating Cryptocurrency

The cost of mining bitcoin, accounting for factors such as the cost of equipment, electricity and other overhead costs such as maintaining cooling facilities,...

Russia's RT warns British media after spy poisoning

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday the evidence showing that Russian Federation was behind the nerve agent attack in Salisbury was "overw...